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CCC plans to ply recreational boats on recovered canals

Ashraful Islam

CHATTOGRAM, Dec 6: Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor Md Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has expressed the desire to ply boats in the recovered canal after the completion of the 4 ongoing projects of Chattogram to alleviate water-logging.After inspecting the progress of Chittagong Development Authority's (CDA) flood relief project on Tuesday, after visiting the Kolpolok Residential area ...

BSC approves 25pc cash dividend to shareholders

Ashraful Islam

CHATTOGRAM, Nov 16: The 46th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has recommended payment of 25percent cash dividend to the shareholders.The meeting held at The Radisson Blu Chattogram Bay View, hotel on Thursday was attended by State Minister for Shipping and Chairman of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, MP as chief ...

7 killed in Ctg, 4 in M'singh, several others injured in road accidents

Ashraful Islam

CHATTOGRAM, Nov 7: Seven members of a family including three children were killed in a collision between a bus and an auto-rickshaw in the Charia area under Hathazari upazila of Chattogram.The incident occurred around 11:45am on Tuesday according to Md Moniruzzaman, chief of Hathazari Police Station.The deceased are identified as Chinu Das, 47, Maya Das, ...

Growing drug addiction poses great concerns

Ashraful Islam

The destruction of the possibilities of our youth is clearly observed from the statistics that more than 7.5 million people of our country, according to the souvenir of Department of Narcotics Control (DNC), are addicted to drugs of which 84.27 percent possess 16-40 age category. The great concern is, then, that a great number of ...

Ctg overwhelmed with dengue shock syndrome deaths

Ashraful Islam

CHATTOGRAM, Aug 31: Dengue outbreak has increased in Chattogram like the rest of the districts of the country. The number of infected and deaths is increasing by leaps and bounds. In this current situation of dengue, patients die with various symptoms, but most deaths in Chattogram are due to 'shock syndrome' complications.An analysis of the ...

Ctg port now regional cargo transportation hub: CPA

Ashraful Islam

CHATTOGRAM, August 22: Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Chairman Rear Admiral Mohammad Sohail said Chittagong Port is the lifeblood of Bangladesh's economy.He said it is the prime mover of the country's economic development achieved through the expansion of overseas trade, 92 per cent of which are channeled through principal port of Bangladesh. He also said 98 ...

Kalurghat Railway Bridge renovation kicks off

Ashraful Islam

CHATTOGRAM, Aug 1: Kalurghat Railway Bridge renovation has begun for which the railway authorities on Tuesday stopped train movement on it for three months.After the renovation, passenger trains will be pressed for the first time on way to Cox's Bazar Tourist City over this bridge.But, motorised vehicles will move under the bridge using ferry service.Railway ...

Price of spices increases before Eid-ul-Azha

Ashraful Islam

CHATTOGRAM, May 6: The spice market has started to become unstable targeting to Eid-ul-Azha. The price of cumin, coriander, pepper, cinnamon, ginger, garlic, onion, bay leaf has doubled per kg. Traders claimed that spice prices are rising due to increased booking rates in the global market, stoppage of imports from India and reduced supply.However, consumers say ...

Ctg’s 76pc drainage project completed

Ashraful Islam

CHATTOGRAM, May 03: Over 76 per cent of Chattogram City Drainage Project has been completed, Army's 34 Engineering Construction Brigade, the executing agency, said on Wednesday.But, it could not say that the port city would be fully free from flooding. Officials said that if the drains are not cleaned regularly, rain water will get blocked ...

6 killed, 30 injured in Sitakunda oxygen plant blast

Ashraful Islam

CHATTOGRAM, Mar 4: At least six people were reported killed and 30 others injured in fire that broke out in an oxygen plant after an explosion at Kadamrasulpur area in Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram on Saturday.The victims injured included Shamsul Alam, aged above 60, Noor Hossain, 30, Mohammad Arafat, 22, Motaleb, 52, Fancy, 30, Jasim ...